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Southerndown: Geology

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Southerndown/Dunraven

Ogmore unconformity unfossililterous carbon limestone covered by very coarse breicia, presumed Triassic

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Southerndown/Dunraven

Unconformity at Southerndown Sutton beds on top look like carboniferous limestone. A lot of chert inclusions

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Dunraven cliffs

Southerndown beds are laminated. West end of beach, 1971.

Date: 1971

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Ogmore by Sea -> Pant y Slade. 1989

Blue lias of southerndown beds, Southerndown Bay. Alternating limestone and shale. Fauna not diverse, Ammonites abundant, 1976

Date: 1976

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South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre (SEWBReC)
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Dr Mary Gillham
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